Abstract: Objective To investigate the hospitalization costs of patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis and explore the factors influencing the hospitalization costs. Methods A total of 1907 inpatients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis from 2011 to 2013 were included in this study. Multiple linear regression were applied to analyze the hospitalization costs and the relevant factors. Results The number of hospitalized patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis showed an increasing trend and hospitalized patients were 476,577 and 855 in 2011,2012 and 2013; there were 1879 males and 28 females,with a average age of （51.60±8.70） years old,and 77.77% were 40 to 60 years old;the average hospital stay were （19.78±15.58） days,and the average cost were（27900.32±26580.54）Yuan,among which the costs of western medicine,laboratory test and examining materials accounted for 65.01%,12.43% and 8.11%,respectively;The main factors affecting the hospitalization costs were time of hospitalization stay,albumin transfusion,blood transfusion,discharged year and marital status. Conclusion The hospitalization cost of patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis are relatively high,and efforts of patients,families,hospital and society are all needed to control the hospitalization cost.

Key words: Alcoholic liver cirrhosis, Hospitalization costs, Stepwise multiple regression analysis, Impact factor